tr. Joseph 7. Reardon,

Dirsstor of Minor League Clubs, : :
Philadelphia Hetional League Club,

Packard Building,

Philedejphia, Pa. S :

Dear Kir. Reardon:

I think I should be frank enough to tell you that I am
secretary of the Selective Service Board here, and at the
present time I am chairmen of the Douglas County Red Cross
War Fund Drive. In addition to that, I am carrying a full
load of teaching here at the University.

There ia a possibility that the A-lZ Army program will
be die¢ontinued and the ¥V-12 Navy program will be cut to
serve only physicians and dentists. I am not sure just
exactly what my summer program will be at the present time.
1 should kmow in the next few weeks.

Yes, we are closely comected sith the aenditne in the
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska high schools. If
I were free in the summer, which I may be, I would be able
to contact many of these prospects.

What is your policy regarding 17-year-old boys? Is the
national agreement so that you can sign a teen-age boy with
his parents consent, and make it stick as a good contract
after the war? Or are you more especially interested in 4?
boys, 18 or 19 yoars of age, who have been rejected? I would
be glad to have your angle so as to better understand your
desires and your problems.

With best regards, I am
: Sincerely yours,

. Director of Physical Sducation,
PCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach.